Copyright and who owns what?

This is the Copyright symbol

For a brief overview of copyright see this episode from Behind the News .

---

Copyright infringements

Recent case between Men at Work and the owners of 'Kookaburra Sits in the Old Gumtree'


Now listen closely to the same part in each song.


Ongoing court case
7th June 2010 ABC news
6th July 2010

Activity

Go to the website Smart Copying

1. Whole class 'What is copyright?'
View and discuss the short video for each section.


2. Each student needs to use a graphic organiser such as a lotus diagram or mindmap to show their understanding of copyright issues concerning:

• text
• images
• film
• music
• websites

Include understanding of

• What can I do?
• What am I not allowed to do?
• Getting permission
• Crediting

Present your information to the whole class.

How does FlickrCC work?

All images not created by you must attribute the author.
FlickrCC
Example of how authors credit images on their websites Boston.com

Resources

Behind the News Copyright Crackdown